I'm as much of a vehicular cyclist as can be, and yet still don't like doing it. Luckily I'm a young fit male, so going the Mark Cavendish route is an option. For my parents and grand parents, that's not exactly the case.

That's not a book review - it's an opinion piece written by someone who winges at the very suggestion we should improve cadence to help get out of tricky spots when that's been the excuse de jour for more bhp and lower 0-60 figures in cars for years!